The deep beckons

The gentle stirrings of change continues. From the depths of His love He beckons us. Deep is calling unto deep (Psalms 42:7) The yearning is intense within, not just our yearning for God but His yearning for us. This yearning is intense yet ever so gentle, much like the flutter of a babe in the womb when it first begins to move. Are you aware of it's movement within? Can you hear it's still small voice calling you, beckoning you to come? Love's invitation has come, inviting you to come out into the deep. To come where you have not been before. To come and receive a vision of Him and of yourself in Him. To come and receive a new direction from Him and to receive the goals(purpose and plans) He has for us.

Gentle stirring of change

The season has run its course. Its' beauty is quietly fading away. Change is at work. Change, what is change? It is that which alters our life in some way however small or big it may be. Change is not a comfortable thing for human nature even when change is desired or simply a part of the cycle of life. Nevertheless change is coming and as it does what we once knew will begin to fade away.

Fear Not

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41: 10

No matter how dark it becomes or how troubled the times are, we who know Jesus do not need to be afraid. Always in Him there is hope and the rays of His light of hope shines upon us, rises up within us. He has promised us to never leave us or forsake us, that He is with us to the end. We have His word that tells us that His perfect love for us cast out all fear. We, like David may say, though I am afraid, yet will I trust Him. He is faithful and true and can be trusted. We choose to trust in Him, we choose to place our confidence in Him, we choose to hope and have confidence in Him, we choose to believe His word to us. We learn that He can be trusted. We learn to not depend upon ourselves or others but like a child we turn to Him. We cry out Abba Father and He moves all of heaven on our behalf through His Son Jesus according to His perfect and wonderful will. We do not always understand, but we trust because He has proven Himself faithful to us. So great a love He has for us. So amazing is His grace. So today, think about His love and think about His grace that is so sufficient for us. Christ in us the hope of glory. Let our eyes and ears be open to see and hear Him who is in us and know we are hid in Him. Know we are a new creation in Him. Let the Holy Spirit reassure our whole being that we are the children of God, we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Let our perspective be what His perspective is, setting our minds on things above and not on the things of this earth. We have the mind of Christ, so let us be renewed in the spirit of our minds as we present our bodies to Him as living sacrifices. This mind of the Spirit is life and soul peace. The light of His life within us shines through . The rays of hope anchor our souls. Be at peace, be not troubled, for He is for us, not against us. We are made overcomers in and through Him. We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. See and hear the Victor, He is in us. Grace to all, grace, grace to the mountain of human obstacles. Nothing is to difficult for our God and Father.

Let there be light

Sometimes we need to be reminded that our steps are ordered by Lord. His path for our lives leads us through many places. Sometimes these places are ones that we would not have chosen for ourselves especially when the place is dark and we cannot see our way. We ask for the Father's wisdom to guide us and we hold onto His promises to us. We know He is faithful because He has said He is and He has proven His faithfulness to us time and again. He has said He will never leave us nor forsake us and He does not, He is with us and He is in us. His perfect love for us cast out all fear as we move along step by step.

The world all around us is a dark place. There is so much confusion and chaos. We know God is not the author of confusion, yet this sound of confusion is there. May we be reminded that in the beginning of time as we know it, there was chaos and confusion (Geneses 1) and God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. He commanded light to come out of the darkness. May we be comforted and encouraged to know that God our Father is commanding light to come out of this hour of darkness. He says "Let there be light". Let us speak what the Father is speaking. Let there be light. Let every step we take and every breath we take have these words in them, Let there be light.